Bookmarks and Watchpoints for Selection and Presentation of Media Streams

• US 20120284292A1
• Filed: 07/16/2012
• Published: 11/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kaleidescape Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Kaleidescape Incorporated
• Inventors: Rechsteiner, Paul, Neely, Shawn R., Kesteloot, Lawrence, Malcolm, Michael A., Watson, Stephen
• Application Number:
  US13/550,479
• Publication Number:
  US 20120284292A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/758
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot

Abstract

Selection and presentation of media streams, in which presentation is not limited by order imposed by the digital content representative of those media streams, in response to bookmarks and watchpoints settable and usable by a user. Bookmarks reference a location within the media stream, not necessarily pre-selected and possibly dynamically selected, in which a presentation can be started or restarted therefrom. Watchpoints reference a location within the media stream, or a presentation state for the media stream, in which an action can be triggered thereby. Bookmarks and watchpoints provide a general technique for presenting selections from media streams in response to metadata.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a media stream by a first recipient;

accepting input by the first recipient to create a bookmark;

sending the bookmark to a second recipient;

dynamically selecting the bookmark at the second recipient; and

presenting the media stream beginning at a point designated by the bookmark,

wherein the method is performed by at least one processor.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, including at least a second such bookmark, whereby there is a plurality of bookmarks each capable of being dynamically selected;

and

wherein a first set of those plurality of bookmarks is associated with a first designating identifier, and wherein and a second set of those plurality of bookmarks is associated with a second designating identifier.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising searching among the first designating identifier and the second designating identifier for selected text.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

selecting among the first designating identifier and the second designating identifier; and

presenting at least a portion of the media stream in response to a bookmark found in response to those steps of searching.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

selecting among the first designating identifier and the second designating identifier; and

presenting a set of portions of the media stream in response to a set of bookmarks found in response to those steps of searching,

whereby substantially all portions of the media stream designated by bookmarks associated with a selected designating identifier are presented in response to those steps of selecting.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the first designating identifier includes information about the first set.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the creating the bookmark further comprises the bookmark being not pre-selected by a creator or distributor of the media stream.

8. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions, which when executed, cause:

receiving a media stream by a first recipient;

accepting input by the first recipient to create a bookmark;

sending the bookmark to a second recipient;

dynamically selecting the bookmark at the second recipient; and

presenting the media stream beginning at a point designated by the bookmark.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, including at least a second such bookmark, whereby there is a plurality of bookmarks each capable of being dynamically selected;

and

wherein a first set of those plurality of bookmarks is associated with a first designating identifier, and wherein and a second set of those plurality of bookmarks is associated with a second designating identifier.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, further including instructions which when executed, cause searching among the first designating identifier and the second designating identifier for selected text.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, further including instructions which when executed, cause:

selecting among the first designating identifier and the second designating identifier; and

presenting at least a portion of the media stream in response to a bookmark found in response to those steps of searching.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, further including instructions which when executed, cause:

selecting among the first designating identifier and the second designating identifier; and

presenting a set of portions of the media stream in response to a set of bookmarks found in response to those steps of searching,

whereby substantially all portions of the media stream designated by bookmarks associated with a selected designating identifier are presented in response to those steps of selecting.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the first designating identifier includes information about the first set.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions for creating the bookmark further comprise the bookmark being not pre-selected by a creator or distributor of the media stream.